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JAMES S. PURSLEY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CORN-SHELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,990, dated November22, 1881. Application filed January :28, 1881. Renewed October 24, 1881.(ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES PUnsLEY, of Atlanta, in the'county of Fulton,and in the State of Georgia, have imented certain new and usefulImprovements in Corn-shellers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making apart of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in corn-shellers;andithasforits objects to provide an apparatus that may be convenientlyattached to the edge of a box or table or other support and operated bymeans of one hand, while the ears of corn may be fed in by the otherhand; and it further has for its objects to provide certain improvedmeans whereby the ears may beautomatically drawn through the apparatus,held to the action of the shellers or strippers, and finally dischargedseparate from the cob. These objects I attain by the apparatus andmechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1represents a side elevation of my improved invention. Fig. 2 representsa front View of the same. Fig. 3 represents an elevation of section B ofmy improved apparatus; and Fig. 4 represents a similar view of the othersection, A, with the annulus M secured thereto, and Fig. 5 a detachedview of one of the strippers or shellers. Fig. 6 represents a verticalsectional view through the axis of the driving-shaft and theoppositeexit for the shelled corn..

My improved apparatus is constructed in two parts or sections, indicatedrespectively by means of the letters A B. The upper or forward section,A, consists of a hollow castmetal shell having an opening, 0, in front,and a series of miter cog-teeth, D, at its lower edge. The said shell isprovided with a series of four radial slotted sleeves, E, in which arelocated a series of sliding shafts, F, which are provided with pins G,adapted to work in the slots, permitting the shafts to playlongitudinally, but holding them against rotation. The shafts arerecessed longitudinally, as indicated by the letter H, and in saidrecesses are adapted to project the set-screws I, passing through thesleeves, by means of which the shafts may be clamped in the sleeves forthe purpose more fullyhereinafter explained. The shaftsF carry at theirinner ends the shellers or strippers K, which consist of screw-bladesterminating in flat fingers at the rear;

The letter L indicates a series of springs located in the sleeves behindthe shafts F, the object of which is to permit the shafts to yield toaccommodate the shellers or strippers t0 ears of different sizes.

The letter M indicates an annulus, having a beveled periphery. The saidannulus is secured to the shell A by means of screws a or otherwise, forthe purpose hereinafter specified.

The lower section, B, of the apparatus consists of a hollow cast-metalshell, having a central opening corresponding with the opening in theshell A. The said shell Bis provided at its opening with aninwardly-extending sleeve, N, which is cut away at its inner end, asindicated by the letter P, for the passage of the pulleys or rollers R,which are mounted in bearings S secured to the inner ends of the shaftsT, which workin slotted sleeves U, their motion being limited by meansof the screws V setting through the slots. The outer edge of saidsection B is provided with perforated lugs W, and to saidlugs issecured, by means of screws w, an annulus, Y, the inner portion of whichis beveled and sets underthe beveled periphery of the annulus secured tothe section A, so as to permit the sections A and B to rotate freelywith respect to each other. The section B is provided with adischarge-opening, B, for the escape of the shelled corn, and at itsrear is provided with extensions C. One of th ese extensions serves as asupport for the journal of a miter-wheel, D, which intermeshes with themiter gear-teeth on the edge 90 ot' the forward section, A, of theapparatus. The remaining extensions are adapted to embrace the edge of atable or support, and one of the last mentioned is provided with abinding-screw, E, by which the apparatus may be secured to the edge of atable or support.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood in connectionwith the above without further explanation.

Having thus described my invention, what I00 I claim, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the sections of the corn-sheller, the sleeves andthe slotted shafts adapted to slide therein, and the springs for Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I 10 holding them to their normalposition, the sethave hereunto set my hand this 26th day of screws andthe shellers and rollers, all ar- January, 1881. ranged to operatesubstantially as specified.

2. In combination with the section B, the sleeve N, extending into thesame, and cut away for the admission of the rollers R R, to prevent thecorn from escaping at the central opening, substantially as specified.

JAMES S. P URS LEY.

Vitnesses:

T. A. DAVISON, L. A. WATSON.

